Candidates in 2001 and their webpages

This is a full list of candidates listed by constituency put together from a variety of sources. I calculate (or, rather, my computer does) that there are 3,318 in total, although the various sources do not always agree on who is standing in some constituencies.

Candidates have adopted a somewhat mixed approach to the internet. Most do not have a webpage, though each of the major parties has a search facility that gives very basic information for all their candidates. The webpages of some MPs standing for re-election have simply been taken down for the duration of the election; some have created special election pages; and others have just left their pages untouched (possibly a technical legal breach). The webpages I have found are linked in the lists below. I have located just over 260 (not including the very cursory pages offered by the central party websites ¶ ) which is not quite 8% !

¶ It is not easy to decide whether to count some webpages. I have ignored those that simply say "Our candidate is X". I have tried to include just those where there has been some effort to provide information specifically for the election. Some of the smaller parties have done this centrally, and I have included these, but have excluded the output from the larger parties' databases, on the ground that they don't really count as the candidate's personal webpage. Given the timescale involved, it is not easy to apply any criteria sytematically, so there may well be anomalies. I shall be happy to receive corrections and additions.